In a recent issue of The Manic Metallic Substack Newsletter, we discussed the concept of “faith without works is dead”. Let’s take the opportunity to dive deeper into that concept. Faith Without Works Is Dead For those unaware of the origin of this phrase, it is a biblical verse from James 2:26. I am…
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Along with Paris Men’s Fashion Week coverage, the news coming out of the fashion industry from the past week centered around the uncertainty that the second Donald Trump term would bring to fashion. Fashion design brands were upfront about dressing those in Trump’s orbit. For its part, the fashion media took it upon itself…
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It is not typical for me to do writings that reflect specifically from a personal standpoint on issues. That is the domain of blogs, which is not my forte. However, my thoughts are that these musings could help someone else in fashion potentially going through a similar time as myself. I took time away…
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We live in an overwhelming world, to say the least. This is especially true when one takes even a slight glance at the Internet for any purpose. Consider what happens on a given day when we wake up out of bed: we shower, eat, and head to work either in the next town or…
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Fashion is an industry that operates in a deafeningly fast manner in all aspects. Many designers produce, at minimum, four collections per year: a spring/summer collection, a fall/winter collection, a pre-fall collection, and a resort collection (for more on what these collection titles mean, read this handy article). That’s not to mention whether or…
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Have you ever been a bride? Have you ever had to search for a wedding dress for any reason? If so, then maybe you’ve found the process of choosing a wedding dress to be quite peculiar in many different ways. One of the strangest things that one discovers when passing by a number of…
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It is 2022 at last, and along with every new year comes the dreams and aspirations of those looking to become better people and better entities. For our part at Manic Metallic, we have set company goals so that we can become a stronger, more robust company. We are entering our second official year…
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As we wind down towards the end of what was surely a tumultuous year both inside – and outside – of fashion, we wanted to pay tribute to New York. The city is, paradoxically, both routinely overrated and consistently underestimated by outsiders. It is both inaccurately looked upon as the sole possessor of America’s…
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New York Fashion Week – and with it, Fashion Month for the so-called “Big 4” – began in earnest yesterday (although some designers such as Collina Strada have still opted to show outside of the stated NYFW calendar dates of September 8th-12th). And with so many entrants showing – most of those shows being…
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Learning about the ways in which colors seamlessly combine – or clash – is one of the most important things to figure out in a fashion design career. Alas, anyone in a fashion- or fashion-related career should have this step ingrained into one’s mind well before one begins to put out work to be…
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Humans love to dress their pets, and it has only become more apparent over the past few years. High fashion designers have created entirely separate lines for animals. On January 14 of every year, it is National Dress Up Your Pet Day – a day created by pet lifestyle expert Colleen Paige. There is…
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Allow us to clarify. There is no fashion sustainability certifications system, and that needs to change. After spending numerous hours completing research for the first couple of resources that Manic Metallic released on The Sustainability Wing (those resources can be found here and here), it is clear that there is no uniform standard for…
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